[Bug 1070581] Re: Name of the language spoken in Bangladesh

[Gunnar Hjalmarsson]

** Package changed: eglibc (Ubuntu) => langpack-locales (Ubuntu)

** Changed in: langpack-locales (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => In Progress

** Changed in: langpack-locales (Ubuntu)
     Assignee: (unassigned) => Gunnar Hjalmarsson (gunnarhj)

** Description changed:

  When querying nl_langinfo() for the language name of bn_BD.UTF-8, it
  outputs the string "BengaliBangla", which of course looks a little
- weird. The source file localedata/locales/bn_BD states the language
+ weird. The source file locales/bn_BD states the language
  "Bengali/Bangla" with a slash.
  
  A better name would be just "Bangla", since that's the official name of
  the language spoken in Bangladesh, and the native Bangla speakers seems
- to prefer it; please see bug #991002. The iso-codes package will
- hopefully provide translations of the name "Bangla" soon. AFAIK noone
- provides translations of the string "Bengali/Bangla".
+ to prefer it; please see bug #991002. The iso-codes package will soon
+ provide translations of the name "Bangla", bug AFAIK noone provides
+ translations of the string "Bengali/Bangla".
  
- But at least the code should be corrected so nl_langinfo() returns the
- string "Bengali/Bangla" including the slash.
+ But at least the bn_BD locale should be corrected so nl_langinfo()
+ returns the string "Bengali/Bangla" including the slash.
+ 
+ Two alternative patches have been attached to this bug report. One just
+ escapes the slash ("Bengali//Bangla") to address the slash issue. The
+ other patch changes the language in both bn_BD and bn_IN to Bangla. I
+ involve bn_IN, since it's confusing in e.g. lists of locales that two
+ locales use different English names for the same language.
+ 
+ Please pick the patch that fits best. ;-)
+ 
+ Let's talk about possible forwarding upstream when it has been decided
+ which route to take.

** Patch added: "ubuntu-bn_BD.patch"
   https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/langpack-locales/+bug/1070581/+attachment/3412189/+files/ubuntu-bn_BD.patch

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Title:
  Name of the language spoken in Bangladesh

Status in “langpack-locales” package in Ubuntu:
  In Progress

Bug description:
  When querying nl_langinfo() for the language name of bn_BD.UTF-8, it
  outputs the string "BengaliBangla", which of course looks a little
  weird. The source file locales/bn_BD states the language
  "Bengali/Bangla" with a slash.

  A better name would be just "Bangla", since that's the official name
  of the language spoken in Bangladesh, and the native Bangla speakers
  seems to prefer it; please see bug #991002. The iso-codes package will
  soon provide translations of the name "Bangla", bug AFAIK noone
  provides translations of the string "Bengali/Bangla".

  But at least the bn_BD locale should be corrected so nl_langinfo()
  returns the string "Bengali/Bangla" including the slash.

  Two alternative patches have been attached to this bug report. One
  just escapes the slash ("Bengali//Bangla") to address the slash issue.
  The other patch changes the language in both bn_BD and bn_IN to
  Bangla. I involve bn_IN, since it's confusing in e.g. lists of locales
  that two locales use different English names for the same language.

  Please pick the patch that fits best. ;-)

  Let's talk about possible forwarding upstream when it has been decided
  which route to take.

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